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Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
 Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
 Who never to himself hath said,
  This is my read more 
 Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
 Who never to himself hath said,
  This is my own, my native land!
   Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
    As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
     From wandering on a foreign strand! 
 And nobler is a limited command,
 Given by the love of all your native land,
  Than a read more 
 And nobler is a limited command,
 Given by the love of all your native land,
  Than a successive title, long and dark,
   Drawn from the mouldy rolls of Noah's Ark. 
 I can't but say it is an awkward sight
 To see one's native land receding through
  The read more 
 I can't but say it is an awkward sight
 To see one's native land receding through
  The growing waters; it unmans one quite,
   Especially when life is rather new. 
 So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar,
 But bind him to his native mountains more.  
 So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar,
 But bind him to his native mountains more. 
 There ought to be system of manners in every nation which a 
well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. read more 
 There ought to be system of manners in every nation which a 
well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. To make us love 
our country, our country ought to be lovely. 
My foot is on my native heath, and my name is MacGregor.
My foot is on my native heath, and my name is MacGregor.
 There came to the beach a poor Exile of Erin,
 The dew on his thin robe was heavy and read more 
 There came to the beach a poor Exile of Erin,
 The dew on his thin robe was heavy and chill;
  For his country he sigh'd, when at twilight repairing.
   To wander along by the wind-beaten hill.
    But the day star attracted his eyes' sad devotion,
     For it rose o'er his own native isle of the ocean,
      Where once in the fire of his youthful emotion
       He sang the bold anthem of Erin-go-bragh. 
 Yon Sun that sets upon the sea
 We follow in his flight;
  Farewell awhile to him and read more 
 Yon Sun that sets upon the sea
 We follow in his flight;
  Farewell awhile to him and thee,
   My native land--Good Night!